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OESB 091LP
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"Into The Grey Salons is the 5th solo release from singer/musician Alice Cohen. The album features cosmic R&B-tinged dance tunes and soulful gospel-flavored ballads, with experimental synth interludes interspersed throughout the LP. Into The Grey Salons was inspired by a historic department store from Cohen's youth during the glitter rock heyday when David Bowie was recording Young Americans at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia. The 'Sigma Kids' - young fans sporting Bowie haircuts - would line up to buy concert tickets at the grand ornate building, while the gothic pipe organ played inside. Out on the streets, the iconic 'Sound of Philadelphia' was everywhere. The 'haunted department store' is a symbolic space - where desire and commerce intersect, and identities are performed in the reflections of dressing room mirrors. Recorded at home in Brooklyn over the course of two years - all instruments were played by Alice Cohen, with additional drumming by Bryan Ujueta of Mr. Twin Sister, and additional vocals by Autre Ne Veut. Alice Cohen has been active since the late 70s, when her song 'Save the Best for Last' was released on Chrysalis Records."
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OESB 016LP
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"Walking Up Walls is the second solo album from long-time musician and visual artist Alice Cohen. In contrast to her previous studio efforts, these are raw home recordings with an intensely personal vibe. The sixteen short song-sketches alternate between densely layered shoegaze burners and shimmering, ethereal drifters. Exploring shadowy corners and using the musical equivalent of automatic writing -- this was considered to be a sonic diary and not originally intended for release. For reference points think Pink Opaque-era Cocteau Twins filtered through the early '90s lens of New Zealanders like Alastair Galbraith & Sandra Bell."
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